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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII: The Earth and Her Inhabitants.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As defined by pagans, what did nature include?
(a) Everything.
(b) The earth.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The living things.

2. Where would one find the fifth element?
(a) Underneath the earth.
(b) Beyond the sky.
(c) At the equator.
(d) Outside the orbit of the moon.

3. What was a flawed art in the Middle Ages?
(a) Pressing.
(b) Caligraphy.
(c) Cartography.
(d) Printing.

4. Who taught medieval man how the heavens moved?
(a) Plato.
(b) Copernicus.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Cicero.

5. What shape did medieval man believe the earth was?
(a) A sphere.
(b) A rhombus.
(c) A hemisphere.
(d) A flat disc.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did medieval man think guided the celestial spheres?

2. Why was it ironic for Lucan to be cited for scientific purposes?

3. Where did the souls of the just go according to medieval beliefs?

4. What in the sky changed regularly?

5. What is considered a perfect shape by medieval man?

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